Read these lines from alfred, lord tennyson's "ulysses."
"it little profits that an idle king,/by this still hearth, among these barren crags,/match'd with an aged wife, i mete and dole/unequal laws unto a savage race,/that horde, and sleep, and feed, and not know me."

which of the following is the speaker lamenting in the passage above?
a. the long-ago death of his wife
b. a lack of true fulfillment in his life
c. living in a constant state of danger
d. the degree of authority he is forced to wield

Read this excerpt from loom and spindle. one of the first strikes of cotton-factory operatives that ever took place in this country was that in lowell, in october, 1836. when it was announced that the wages were to be cut down, great indignation was felt, and it was decided to strike, en masse. this was done. the mills were shut down, and the girls went in procession from their several corporations to the "grove" on chapel hill, and listened to "incendiary" speeches from early labor reformers. what can be inferred about the time period of the excerpt? check all that apply. a. factory workers felt frustrated by the lowering of their wages. b. workers were willing to show their displeasure through strikes. c. early efforts at strikes became chaotic and violent. d. the lowell girls were forbidden to voice objections. e. the lowell strike was followed by other labor strikes.